What do you have in common with a poppy?
Soul-Sibling,
You have more in common with this poppy than you think!
Yes, I took this photo.
Remember, just as a flower dawns, you too, when you make your debut this Spring (or next year if you're still wintering) are a "ravishing system of aliveness -- a kind of silent symphony of interconnected resilience" (Maria Papova).
My Spring watercolour gallery show is coming soon to my website.
Email subscribers, that's you, will get first dibs to purchase my rainwater paintings.
Thank you for the love at my piano recitals over the weekend. It was a joy to see you and connect on ZOOM.
I look forward to my fifties and connecting on the road, as I take Viral Mindfulness Academy into National Parks with my 2024 Crosstrek Wilderness. I don't know the color yet. They have not released options besides the blue. Plot twist, I'm probably not getting blue. This is a brand new addition to the Subaru family and they're not taking orders until late Summer. Maybe I'll have her by the end of the year.
Perhaps you'd like to add these ideas to your practice this week:
"Excessive analysis perpetuates emotional paralysis.
The bottom line is that you cannot heal and resolve your emotional material with your mind.
Knowing our issues is not the same as healing our issues. Your emotional material does not evaporate because you watch it. I have known many who could watch and name their patterns and issues -- as if they were scientists, researching their own consciousness -- but nothing fundamentally changed, because they refused to come back down into their bodies and move their feelings through to transformation. It's safe up there, above the fray, witnessing the heartache without actually engaging it. Yes, you may be able to get so skilled at a witnessing consciousness that you can overpower your triggers. But that's not presence.
Real presence comes through the open heart. The key to the transformation of challenging patterns and wounds is to heal them from the inside out. Not to analyze them, not to watch them like an astronomer staring at a faraway planet through a telescope, but to jump right into the heart of them, encouraging their expression and release, stitching them into new possibilities with the thread of love" (Jeff Brown, 'Grounded Spirituality').
Time is running out to join my Spring Wise Circle.
There's a seat for you in my Wednesday night offering.
I would be honored to have your insight and presence.
The next Wise Circles will be offered in September (FALL), and "Om For The Holidays" (Nov/Dec-ish).
Five weeks. All May long. Wednesdays from 7PM-8:30PM PDT.
The strength of our circle lives in telling our stories and truth:
"Telling them is an act of belonging, a way of pushing taproots deep into the ground. In a world full of restless and displaced people, it's an act of welcome, too. When we tell the stories of the things that inhabit our land, we help newcomers to read the deep terrain around them and perhaps to feel a little more at home. And storytelling is always an exchange: when we listen to what is told to us, we enrich our mythology. We get closer to the big beautiful metaphorical whole" (Katherine May).
Tuition for the five weeks will be $349.
I'm happy to offer you a payment plan over 3 months if it's better for your budget.
Here's what's included with tuition.
5 Wise Circles X 90 Minutes
Wednesdays 7PM-8:30PM PDT for 90 minutes.
May 3
May 10
May 17
May 24
May 31
5 X Practice Labs (Prerecorded Video and Audio)
Weekly practice lab every Monday. Get instant access with your purchase to the practice lab on MOVEMENT (of body and emotions).
5 X Guided Meditations
Weekly guided meditations available every Sunday. Get instant access with your purchase to Sunday's walking/moving meditation entitled 'Daily Suggestions and Mantras of Spirit.'
6 X Yoga Classes (Pre-Recorded Videos)
During our movement practice week you'll get access to 6 unique yoga classes presented by Kenny, Sherri & Ali from SoulFULL Solutions NYC.
3 X Pop-Up Meditation Sessions
We'll meet in real time on ZOOM and meditate together for 20 minutes.
BONUS ONE:
Ask Alexander: Private audio responses to your very personal and specific questions.
BONUS TWO:
Instant access to my Guided Meditation Starter Kit ($49 Value) with over 20 guided meditations ready to go. They range in length from 5-18 minutes.
Do you have questions?
Do you want to hop on a 20 minute "coffee talk" exploration call tonight, or tomorrow?
Hit reply and let's chat.
Finally, I received this text message from Harvey Rose's PAPA yesterday:
"Harvey wanted fresh roses for the house sometime last week. Today they were nearly expired and we pulled the petals from the stem and she wanted to take a bath with the petals because she said uncle Blue taught her about that."
Be intentional with the things you do and sing around your people, especially the kiddos!
All my love to your blooming and flowering this week.
XXOO
Yours Bluely
